New Poll - Aussie Theatre (New Works)
Mon, 14 Feb 2005, 04:29 pmcrgwllms17 posts in thread
New Poll - Aussie Theatre (New Works)
Mon, 14 Feb 2005, 04:29 pmNew poll topic: Is Australian theatre dying?...How do you feel about producing more Australian work?
Adapted from a reader suggestion. Two items I left off the bottom of the options list, but reproduce here for his benefit...
If someone like Jeremy Constable was going to open a theatre company in Ballarat in 2006 then I would contact him on Jez_Tazdevil_13@hotmail.com and have words that are good, with him.
This is not an advertising poll Jeremy, please refrain from such attempts to make yourself known, even if you do graduate a bachelor of arts next year and exist for comic relief.
The Poll-tergeist
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Re: People try to put us D-D-Down...
Wed, 23 Feb 2005, 04:23 pmGarreth wrote:
>
> My apologies perhaps i was exaggerating on the account of
> ticket prices. However, the fact that there is no shortage of
> Gen Y'ers going to concerts which DO regularly cost in the
> vicinity of 80 or 90 bucks, is a good reflection on what they
> deem more important. It's a constant whine at uni amongst
> friends of mine over the cost of theatre tickets, most of the
> time costing about $25, perhaps it's a reflection of their
> commitment to the artform.
And perhaps our biggest competition is cheap DVDs and cinema tickets...Hoyts yesterday dropped their cinema tickets to $5 on Tuesdays, other cinemas following suit...
> I think perhaps you also misunderstood me on the account of
> highbrow patronage, I'm not saying that that's necessarily
> the truth, i'm saying that it is a stigma which has attatched
> itself to theatre and one which i feel alienates the wider
> community from attending plays.
No, it's probably more the truth than we've guessed. It was not so long ago my parents invited some friends of theirs to come and see a play I was in, and they turned up in evening dress and dinner suit...mortified that everyone else was in jeans and t-shirts! Their perception of 'the Theatre' was what they had seen on TV of opening night red-carpet galas at the Opera House; they never thought of going to the theatre as an entertainment option because they were intimidated by the thought of having to dress up and behave amongst Royalty..!
I was really just saying that people who think theatre is highbrow don't realise that there are lower priced, non-pretentious options....and also that the higher-priced options often aren't anything to be pretentious about!
> Also i don't deny that there are many teachers who are
> exceptional practitioners of both theatre and teaching,
> indeed i have been lucky to be taught by a few and been
> placed on prac with others. I also assure you though that for
> every exceptional teacher there are just as many bad ones and
> i have also been unlucky enough to be taught by some of these
> teachers and i see young men and women who are heading down
> this road every day at university.
Having performed in at least one school-touring production every year for the past 17 years, and at other times facilitating outdoor activities for school camps, it's an understatement to say I've come across a LOT more teachers than most people have. Some kids don't realise how blessed they are. And the others....be afraid, be VERY afraid!
Cheers,
Craig
>
> My apologies perhaps i was exaggerating on the account of
> ticket prices. However, the fact that there is no shortage of
> Gen Y'ers going to concerts which DO regularly cost in the
> vicinity of 80 or 90 bucks, is a good reflection on what they
> deem more important. It's a constant whine at uni amongst
> friends of mine over the cost of theatre tickets, most of the
> time costing about $25, perhaps it's a reflection of their
> commitment to the artform.
And perhaps our biggest competition is cheap DVDs and cinema tickets...Hoyts yesterday dropped their cinema tickets to $5 on Tuesdays, other cinemas following suit...
> I think perhaps you also misunderstood me on the account of
> highbrow patronage, I'm not saying that that's necessarily
> the truth, i'm saying that it is a stigma which has attatched
> itself to theatre and one which i feel alienates the wider
> community from attending plays.
No, it's probably more the truth than we've guessed. It was not so long ago my parents invited some friends of theirs to come and see a play I was in, and they turned up in evening dress and dinner suit...mortified that everyone else was in jeans and t-shirts! Their perception of 'the Theatre' was what they had seen on TV of opening night red-carpet galas at the Opera House; they never thought of going to the theatre as an entertainment option because they were intimidated by the thought of having to dress up and behave amongst Royalty..!
I was really just saying that people who think theatre is highbrow don't realise that there are lower priced, non-pretentious options....and also that the higher-priced options often aren't anything to be pretentious about!
> Also i don't deny that there are many teachers who are
> exceptional practitioners of both theatre and teaching,
> indeed i have been lucky to be taught by a few and been
> placed on prac with others. I also assure you though that for
> every exceptional teacher there are just as many bad ones and
> i have also been unlucky enough to be taught by some of these
> teachers and i see young men and women who are heading down
> this road every day at university.
Having performed in at least one school-touring production every year for the past 17 years, and at other times facilitating outdoor activities for school camps, it's an understatement to say I've come across a LOT more teachers than most people have. Some kids don't realise how blessed they are. And the others....be afraid, be VERY afraid!
Cheers,
Craig
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